Directory of Venera Resources

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A very successful series of Soviet probes to Venus, the program ran from 1961 to 1983. The Venera series of missions had many firsts, including the first interplanetary broadcasts, the first probe to enter another planetary atmosphere, and the first soft landing on another planet.

Resources in This Category

• HEASARC: The Venera 11 & 12 probes to Venus

  http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/venera1112.html
  Summary of the missions including a description of instrumentation and scientific goals. Also includes a gallery of pictures. From NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center.

• HEASARC: The Venera 13 & 14 probes to Venus

  http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/venera1314.html
  Summary of the missions including a description of instrumentation and scientific goals. Also includes a gallery of pictures. From NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center.

• Super70s.com: Venera 7

  http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/Science/Space/Missions/venera_7.asp
  Mission profile and picture of the payload.

• Venera

  http://www.astronautix.com/project/venera.htm
  History of the program including images and bibliography. From Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica.

• Venera

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera
  Overview of the program from Wikipedia.

• Venera

  http://www.windows2universe.org/space_missions/venera.html
  Program summary.

• Venera Missions to Venus

  http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/venera.html
  Spacecraft and mission profiles from the National Space Science Data Center.

• Venera Space Probes

  http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solar/venera.html
  Overview of the program.

• VeneraView

  http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/venera15.html
  Windows software for browsing the Venera 15 and 16 radar maps. Includes a mission overview and examples from the radar maps.

 

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